Four All-Stars For The Rays Including Their First Starter, And A Possible Fifth And A Possible Second Starter
mvn.com 7/5/2009 — The Tampa Bay Rays send an outstanding representation to the 2009 MLB All-Star game. Along with manager Joe Maddon and his coaching staff, the Rays will have four players on the AL team. Evan Longoria is the first starter in Rays history, with Jason Bartlett, Carl Crawford, and Ben Zobrist ...

All Things Rays: Hey Now, You’re an All Star
raysallday.com 7/14/2009 — The Rays have 5 All-Star’s in tonight’s Mid-summer Classic in St. Louis. Longo is the only starter, but it is questionable whether or not he will play, with an infected finger. I expect Joe will lean on the cautious side with him and if there is any doubt, he probably will not ...

All Star Update
raysallday.com 6/21/2009 — Three Rays players are in contention to be voted into the All Star game. Evan Longoria currently has pulled out to more than a million vote lead over A-Rod in the All Star balloting for AL third basemen. Longo has 1,957,380 votes, while A-Rod has a miniscule 872,557 votes. As of June 16, ...

Crawford And The Rays Help AL Win All-Star Game, Again
mvn.com 7/15/2009 — The Rays were heavily involved in the mid summer classic last season, and have continued with it this season. The Rays sent a brigade of players, coaches, and staff to St. Louis that would ultimately be the major winners for the AL's 13 consecutive win . Five players were chosen in which only ...

Rays have that All-Star Look
raysallday.com 6/30/2009 — SI.com’s Tom Verducci came out with his personal choices for the All-Star roster and he’s not waiting for Joe Maddon to make it a Rays party. He selects Evan Longoria, Jason Bartlett and Carl Crawford as starters and Ben Zobrist as the reserve second baseman, if it were up to ...

Rays All-Star Update
mvn.com 7/13/2009 — The AL manager, our own Joe Maddon, has made the lineup all ready having Jays pitcher Roy Halladay as the starting pitcher and Evan Longoria batting seventh behind Josh Hamilton and ahead of Aaron Hill. Longoria also has a finger infection on the ring finger of his right hand but is optimistic ...

Longoria is Tampa Bay Rays first All-Star
blogs.tampabay.com 7/5/2009 — Tampa Bay Rays 3B Evan Longoria will be the starting third baseman for the July 14 All-Star Game. Rays manager Joe Maddon will manage the AL team. After the fans elected the starters and player vote was used to pick eight of the 13 pitchers and ...

Led by Evan Longoria, 4 Tampa Bay Rays Make All-Star Team
thebullgator.blogspot.com 7/6/2009 — Two years. Two All-Star appearances. Get used to it baseball fans. Tampa Bay Rays’ third baseman Evan Longoria will be doing this for quite some time. Longoria – who will start at third – will be joined at the All-Star game by fellow Rays Jason Bartlett , Carl Crawford , and Ben ...

Zobrist could be a real star
www2.tbo.com 6/21/2009 — MARC LANCASTER | The Tampa Tribune Published: June 20, 2009 NEW YORK - The Rays had a position player who wasn't even on the All-Star ballot make the Midsummer Classic last season, as Evan Longoria made it to Yankee Stadium by acclimation based on his ...

Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon considering changes in lineup
blogs.tampabay.com 8/4/2009 — Rays manager Joe Maddon seemingly made all the right moves Monday. He took advantage of the noon start to do something different with the lineup, with Jason Bartlett in leadoff spot, Willy Aybar at DH, and Michel Hernandez behind the plate. And ...

Daniel's Thoughts During The All-Star Selection Show — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/5/2009
Here are a few thoughts that I had during the All-Star selection: [11:59]  Waiting for the All-Star selection show to start, flipping between the epic Wimbledon battle and TBS. [12:01] Wow. Boomer got skinnier, not skinny, just less ...

Pujols, Jeter lead star-studded rosters — Major League Baseball News 7/5/2009
Hometown hero Albert Pujols leads the parade of stars as the overall leading vote-getter, but he was just one star in a universe of them when the National League and American League All-Star teams were announced Sunday.

Longoria leads four Rays All-Stars — Major League Baseball News 7/5/2009
In addition to starter Evan Longoria, the Rays have three other All-Stars: Ben Zobrist was a manager's selection, while Jason Bartlett and Carl Crawford were players' picks.

Jeter, Tex, Mo headed to All-Star Game — Major League Baseball News 7/5/2009
Derek Jeter received the most votes in the AL and first baseman Mark Teixeira edged Red Sox counterpart Kevin Youkilis to represent the Junior Circuit at the 2009 All-Star Game in St. Louis.

Rays fans can cast Final Vote for Pena — Major League Baseball News 7/5/2009
Last year, Rays fans' Final Vote sent Evan Longoria to the All-Star Game. It's time to do it again: Cast a Final Vote to help first baseman Carlos Pena secure the final AL roster spot.